Janet Burks retired after 31 years as a child support case manager at Wyandot County Department of Job and Family Services.
Burks celebrated with family, friends and co-workers during her final day in the office Wednesday.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale’s Carrol Pauley and Kyle Evans are no strangers to the competition of the Division III state track and field meet.
The Riverdale seniors both will be making their third appearances in Columbus this week when Pauley competes for the Falcons in the discus and shot put, and Evans puts on his running shoes in the 400 dash and as a member of the team’s 3200 relay.

SYCAMORE — After being on the cusp of the state meet in the girls 3200 relay for the past two years, Mohawk finally broke through this year.
Juniors Destini Oler and Anna Stillberger, freshman Alexa Konkle and sophomore Madison Fredritz earned a spot in Friday’s state race by holding on for fourth place last Wednesday in the Fairfield Union regional meet.

CAREY — Carey’s historic softball season could have been derailed early by tragedy.
There was a full week between its first game of the season, a 10-0 win in five innings over Riverdale, and its second game, an 8-4 loss at Upper Sandusky.

TIFFIN — On April 28, 2017, Dr. Robert J. Dornauer, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, attended the first American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Anesthesia Patient Safety Conference at the American Society of Anesthesiologists headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago.

Elks Exalted Ruler Zak Amert (third from left) announced the group’s Middle School Students of the Year honorees during a recent Awards Night at Union Middle School.
Kaylan Shock (left) and Emery Pahl (right) received certificates and gift cards for their achievements this school year.

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FREDERICK, Md. — Two Wyandot County youth captured regional titles earlier this month through the Elks Soccer Shoot competition.
Sophie Lucas of Nevada and Gabe Randall of Upper Sandusky represented Ohio in the Mid-Atlantic Elks Soccer Shoot over the first weekend of March in Frederick, Maryland, and both took home first-place honors.

CAREY — The Dorcas Carey Library received a substantial donation Thursday evening from Upper’s Winter Fantasy of Lights.
Representatives from the Fantasy of Lights presented a check for $35,000 to library staff and board members in a brief ceremony.
The Fantasy of Lights donates to a different local non-profit each year.

An Upper Sandusky man was arrested Wednesday after the Wyandot County Major Crimes Unit recovered over 100 marijuana plants from an Upper Sandusky residence.
William S. Rimmer, 37, of Upper Sandusky, was arrested in Marion County and transported to Wyandot County where he faces felony charges.